Today's News

Lawn and porch furniture has been a popular target for thieves lately as some local residents have had these items stolen from their front porches.

Hooker Osbourn of 2119 Bardstown Road had approximately $1,700 worth of outdoor furniture stolen from his property on Saturday, July 18. Osbourn told Washington County Deputy Sheriff Billy Mattingly that the furniture was on the porch Friday evening when he went to bed, and he said he was at home all day on Saturday. Osbourn’s wife discovered the furniture was missing when she went out to water her flowers.

The Heart of Kentucky Cornhole Classic will be held Saturday, Aug. 1, at Johnston Field at Centre Square in Lebanon.

The first 64 paid entries will be accepted for the double-elimination tournament. This will be a sanctioned event by the American Cornhole Organization.

All players will receive a t-shirt, hat, koozie and raffle ticket for prizes to be given away.

More than 100 teams competed in 2008.

For more information, please contact Ray Osbourne at (270) 402-7828 or rosborne@murakami-usa.com.

What a difference a week, some hard work and a lot of love can make. Two Springfield families have better lives now because of Fullerstock, a joint project of the Springfield Fuller Center for Housing and Habitat for Humanity. Springfield Baptist Church was the covenant partner for Fullerstock, but several groups pitched in to make this event a success.

Volunteers both young and old, the youngest was 11 and the oldest was 86, showed up to do what they could to make life a little better for the recipients.

A group of local young entrepreneurs are hoping to make some green while going green. The Green Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (GEL-IN), under the direction of the Hardin County School System, the Lincoln Trail Innovation Center and Kentucky Student Ventures Corporation, has more than 150 participants from an eight-county region.